January 2011
18 posts
Duchess Of Saigon - Duchess of Saigon [ 2011]
Label: Formed in 2001, the Duchess of Saigon were Mary and Richard. Two artists, they met at UC Davis, started seeing each other and then formed a band. Though Richard had been in a handful of Sacramento bands (Rick & the Young Rogues, Sir & the Young Men), Duchess was Mary’s first band. She was handed the drum duties…and good thing, too! Because she was unencumbered by...
Various Artists - Java-Java: Indonesia Screaming...
“NoSmoke Records attacks again… Now looking back to the Indonesian legacy of garage and rock’n’roll. Those bands wrote some history by theirselves during the 60’s and confronted the Indonesian regime with music. Some of these bands migrated to Europe, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong and helped out creating a new musical movement called Indo-Rock. Bands like The...
Various Artists - Travelling With My Portable...
What did South Africa and South East Asia of the 1940s and 50s have in common? In both places the local population was trying to gain independence from British colonialism. Although colonialism is never a good thing, there are always some positive outcomes when two cultures collide, especially when it comes to music. The Zulu of South Africa are the largest ethnic group in the country and are...
Various Artists - Ishilan n-Tenere: Guitar Music...
Compilation of recent field recording made by Chris Kirkley (Sahel Sounds) All tracks feature acoustic guitar players & vocalists from Senegal & Northern Mali, with the exception of the last song which is a rocking Tuareg electric guitar band. Beautiful music by some of Africa’s finest griots. At times melancholic and at others romantic pop music. We think this is one of our...
The Goddamn Gallows-Ghost of Th' Rails [ 2009]
The Goddamn Gallows began on a cold, dark and violent night in Lansing, Michigan, when 3 kids met in a face-scarring fight with Benton Harbor gangbangers at a notorious East Lansing flophouse. They then migrated across the country, residing in LA squats and smoke stained apartments. They then found Avery, a fire breathing washboard player who also plays accordian; and Jayke, former mandolin...
Reverend Deadeye-The Trials & Tribulations [ 2010]
The Reverend Deadeye is the Reverend’s son of a Reverend’s son. He spent his youth handlin’ snakes and performin’ at tent revivals alongside his Pentecostal family on the Navajo reservation in Arizona. This sacred musical heritage finds its way prominently into his performances. But don’t expect a Sunday mornin’ church service; instead, expect a Saturday night baptism with fire holy rollin’...
Various Artists -Compendium - Devil's Ruin Records...
1. The Dad Horse Experience (Moonshiner) 2. Damn Laser Vampires (Saint of Killers) 3. Pinebox Serenade (Witch on the Mountain) 4. Hank Ray (Bar-B-Q of Souls) 5. Hank Ray (The Day Sweet Valerie Turned Evil) 6. Hank Ray (Blues Turn Red) 7. JB Nelson & the Chainsaws (Watch Out for the Devil) 8. Sleepy Eyes Nelson (Jesus is Comin’) 9. JB Nelson (Weeping Willows) 10. Christian Williams (The...
Various Artists - The World Is A Monster [2010]
Out of the ashes of World War II, post-war Corporate U.S.A would sully its hands with anything in search of a buck. Heck, even Hillbilly music… Here, for the first time, are 32 of the grimiest, most delicious slabs of Hillbilly misery and mayhem to grace the Columbia Records imprint. From the Rhinestone Noir of Rocky Porter’s “The World Is A Monster” and Johnny Bond’s “All I Can Do Is...
Keijo and Jarmo - Talkin Bout Death Past Gone...
Surprising CDR on Finland’s Ikuisuus label we have here. Finnish artists Keijo & Jarmo sing the most stripped down suicidal traditional blues and folk on Talkin Bout Death Past Gone. Not much info about this on the net, I really wonder what inspired this harmonica induced primitive Americana folk in Tampere. “We were not tired, but we were cold. We sat on a campfire and started to sing....
Hudson Bell - Out of the Clouds [ 2010]
From fuzzed-out pop to countrypolitan swoon, Out of the Clouds is Hudson Bell’s fourth proper album, nine songs in all: seven with lyrics, two without. Hailing from San Francisco, the band’s sound, at once fresh and familiar, rides the half-pipe between lyrical hammockery and mighty, epic stand-offs; a bit of Willie, a bit of Cluster, the spectrum between – this is HB’s most sonically diverse...
Rikki Ililonga & Musi-O-Tunya-Dark Sunrise [2010]
This anthology contains 31 tracks of unique music that channels James Brown’s raw funk as well as Jimi Hendrix’s fuzzy psychedelia; music that flirts with Fela’s Afro-Beat and Congolese rumbas and simultaneously brings his blues of Taj Mahal back to Africa. We mentioned to you that we were producing an anthology of Zambian “Zamrock” godfather Rikki Ililonga and his...
VA-Ivory Coast Soul – Afrofunk In Abidjan From...
Hot Casa bring us this incredible compilation on the Afro-funk, soul and disco fusions recorded in Abidjan between 1972 and 1982. The set features 13 rare tracks, all of which have been fully licenced, and is compiled by Djamel Hammadi, a crate digger extraordinaire. After many trips to the Ivory Coast, digging in dusty archives, he’s finally come up with this brilliant collection of cuts....
Various Artists - Soul of Angola: Anthologie de la...
The great electric guitar bands of Angola in the ’60s and ’70s have been a well kept secret for many years. During the final decade of that country’s oppressive, pre-independence governance, much was happening on the musical front. Bands were creating a unique fusion of the guitar band sound blossoming in the Congo, next door, as well as sounds from Brazil and the Caribbean,...
Various Artists - Ouaga Affair (Hard Won Sound Of...
The hard-won sound here is a great one – loads of cool guitar, echoey production, and some spare, sharp-edge grooves that are mighty nice! The package feels like a lo-fi take on some of the work we’ve been enjoying from the Soundway label over the years – grooves that are plenty hypnotic, and which really blend together guitar and rhythms in a great way – but with sounds that are nicely...
Velella Velella - Atlantis Massif [2010]
Velella Velella is unique on a couple levels: they purvey indie funk that’s actually cool, maybe because they are just as much inspired by Madlib-esque hip-hop and Stereolab electronica as they are by “indie” or “funk” (I strongly believe that this is the kind of group that exposes !!! as a joke and Junior Senior as a piss-poor joke); they can name a track “This Bread is Hard as Crackers”...
King Blood - Eyewash Silver [2010]
Little anonymous fuzz guitar rudiment blowdown from ex-Snake Apartment guitarist Ryland Wharton (also the man behind the excellent Skulltones and Twonicorn labels). As King Blood, he lays down eight instrumental four-trackers rendered over a three-year period, nothing but guitar, bass and cymbal to keep time, and in that space the artist gets real, with simple themes repeated in a noisy,...
Various Artists - In the Storm So Long [2010]
In the Storm So Long is a compilation of gospel songs from the Pitch/Gussman label - raw and ragged 1960s and 1970s recordings made in Georgia. Most tracks have a heavy guitar sound with loads of reverb. At times haunting and at times joyous; real rockin’ homemade music by and for the people. Old school “tip on” sleeve, with a liner note sheet too. Great stuff, as always, from...
Brandon Carnes - I am. (2010)
Fantastic album from a 20 year old singer/songwriter !
http://hotfile.com/dl/93705582/6ecc30e/I_am_K.zip.html